Lock and Smart Lock Installation

Lock and Smart Lock Installation in Shreveport, LA: Labor-Only Replacement

You bought a deadbolt, or a smart lock showed up in a box, and the instructions quietly assume you own a chisel and know what to do with it. Sometimes it runs the other way, and the old knob has gone loose and gritty enough that you would rather not wait for it to quit. Either way the work is labor only, so you choose the hardware and buy it while we put it on the door correctly the first time. Locksmith Shreveport handles lock installation in Shreveport, LA and Bossier City on doors that already have the holes bored for a lock. We work 9am to 8pm seven days a week, and evening appointments are available.

What We Install

We keep this side of the business narrow on purpose, swapping hardware on doors that are already drilled for it, which covers most replacement jobs in a house. If the old lock comes off and the new one drops into the same holes, it is a job we can finish at your door.

• Deadbolt replacement, labor starting at $65
• Knob and lever lock replacement, labor starting at $35
• Smart lock installation on hardware you supply, starting at $95
• Connection and app setup once the smart lock is on the door
• Moving the metal plate on the frame, called the strike plate, when the latch no longer lines up
• Extra keys cut on the same visit for your new lock

A smart lock adds one step after the mounting, because we get it onto your home Wi-Fi and walk through the app with you before leaving. A smart lock nobody paired is just an expensive deadbolt, so that setup belongs in the $95 starting price rather than on a separate line of the bill. If you need a keypad code working before a guest or a contractor turns up, we set that up while standing right there.

Check two things before you pay for a smart lock. Some models replace the entire deadbolt while others only clamp over the thumbturn on the inside, and that second kind still needs a working deadbolt and a key outside. Every one of them runs on batteries, so find out how the lock lets you in once those batteries die, because that answer matters more than the app does.

Understanding ANSI and BHMA Grades Before You Buy Hardware

Since you are the one buying the lock, the numbers printed on the box are worth two minutes of your time. ANSI and the Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association test door hardware and hand each lock a grade of 1, 2, or 3, based on how many cycles it survives and how much force it takes. Grade 1 is the toughest and Grade 3 sits at the entry level, and most front door sets on a store shelf land at Grade 2 or Grade 3.

For a front door on a house, Grade 2 is usually the sweet spot, because it takes far more use and abuse than Grade 3 while costing well under Grade 1. On an ordinary residential door, the extra muscle in a Grade 1 lock is rarely the thing that fails first. Save Grade 3 for an interior door or a closet, where the lock is not keeping anybody out of the house.

One detail matters as much as the grade does. Short screws in a thin door frame will lose to a hard kick no matter how good the deadbolt above them is, so the screws holding the strike plate need to reach the wood studs behind the frame. We check that on every exterior lock we replace, and it costs you nothing extra.

What We Do Not Do

We do not drill new holes or cut into doors and frames, so your door has to come to the job with the holes already bored. A door without them is a carpentry job before it is a lock job. Turning a knob-only door into a deadbolt door is the same story, because someone has to cut both the door and the frame first.

We do not sell hardware either, and our prices cover labor only, so you buy the lock you want in a store or online and we mount it. We also do not offer residential rekeying, which would mean changing the pins inside a lock so the old key stops turning. If you just moved in and want the previous owner's keys to stop working, replacing the lock gets you to the same place.

Why Choose Locksmith Shreveport

A Louisiana licensed locksmith does the work, as both a firm and an individual. The owner has 15 years in the trade along with the ALOA Certified Registered Locksmith credential. Installation is secondary work for us, behind lockouts and car keys, and the pricing reflects that, so you pay for plain labor instead of a package you never asked for.

Most lock swaps take under half an hour at the door, while a smart lock runs longer because the app and the network add steps. If you have several doors to do, give us the count on the phone so we can plan the visit properly.

Before we head out, tell us the brand on the old lock, what you bought to replace it, and whether the door is wood, metal, or fiberglass. A photo of the old lock and another of the door edge answers most of what is left. We quote a flat rate up front, phone estimates are free, and evening hours and distance affect the final price.

Lock Installation Across Shreveport, LA and Bossier City

We install locks across Shreveport, Bossier City, Benton, Haughton, and the rest of the Caddo and Bossier Parish area, all of it mobile work at your own door. It sits alongside other home jobs like our residential locksmith services or car and house lockouts. To book an install, or just to ask about hardware you are thinking of buying, contact us for a free phone estimate.